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Japan, Britain Affirm Importance of Free Trade

Japan, Britain Affirm Importance of Free Trade (仕事)
NIPPON
 
Japanese and British foreign and economy ministers on Friday affirmed the importance of free and fair trade at a time when the international economic order has been shaken by U.S. Presiden...

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Sony, Suntory Build U.S. Stockpiles As Japan Faces Trump Tariff Threat

Sony, Suntory Build U.S. Stockpiles As Japan Faces Trump Tariff Threat (仕事)
REUTERS
 
Japanese electronics giant Sony and drinks maker Suntory are stockpiling inventory in the United States while their peers shift production or supply chains in efforts to fend off an evolv...

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Explosion At Aichi Auto Parts Factory Kills One And Injures Two

Explosion At Aichi Auto Parts Factory Kills One And Injures Two (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
An explosion at an auto parts factory on Thursday in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, killed one person, local broadcaster CBC reported.
A dust collector inside Chuo Spring's Fuj...

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Japan Actress Mana Ashida Named UNDP Goodwill Ambassador

Japan Actress Mana Ashida Named UNDP Goodwill Ambassador (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
The U.N. Development Program said Thursday it has picked Japanese actress Mana Ashida as domestic goodwill ambassador, a post newly set up by the organization to focus on efforts in the As...

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Japan Bullet Train Services Halted 3 Hrs After Train Cars Decouple

Japan Bullet Train Services Halted 3 Hrs After Train Cars Decouple (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
A bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line made an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo on Thursday after two cars decoupled, leading to a 3-hour suspension of bullet train service...

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GDP Ratio of Defense Costs Not Priority: Japan's Hayashi

GDP Ratio of Defense Costs Not Priority: Japan's Hayashi (仕事)
NIPPON
 
Raising the ratio of defense spending to gross domestic product is not a top priority in Japan's efforts to boost its defense expenditures, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said W...

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Japan, U.K. Likely to Reaffirm Energy Cooperation at 2+2 Talks; 1st Economic 2+2 Talks Between the Countries

Japan, U.K. Likely to Reaffirm Energy Cooperation at 2+2 Talks; 1st Economic 2+2 Talks Between the Countries (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japanese and British governments are arranging to reaffirm the promotion of energy cooperation between the two countries at a ministerial economic dialogue, according to Japanese g...

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Japan's Princess Kako To Visit Brazil In June To Mark 130 Yrs Of Ties

Japan's Princess Kako To Visit Brazil In June To Mark 130 Yrs Of Ties (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, will travel to Brazil in early June to promote ties between the two countries that this year mark 130 years since the establishment ...

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7-Eleven Shares Plunge On Reported Plan To Reject Takeover

7-Eleven Shares Plunge On Reported Plan To Reject Takeover (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Shares of the owner of 7-Eleven plunged on Tuesday after a report said the Japanese retailer plans to reject a multibillion-dollar takeover offer by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard ...

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Thousands Evacuated As Japan's Biggest Fire In Decades Continues To Burn

Thousands Evacuated As Japan's Biggest Fire In Decades Continues To Burn (ニュース)
BBC
 
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades.
At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acre...

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Japan’s 18-Year-Old Prince, Second In Line To The Throne, Holds A Debut News Conference

Japan’s 18-Year-Old Prince, Second In Line To The Throne, Holds A Debut News Conference (ニュース)
CNN
 
 
 
Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to the throne, held a debut news conference on Monday, telling reporters he would try to balance official duties and his university studies and...

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Snow Forces Highway Closures In Tokyo

Snow Forces Highway Closures In Tokyo (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
The transport ministry announced Tuesday that highways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be closed as a preventive measure ahead of a forecast for heavy snow later in the day.
The c...

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Japan Deploys Nearly 1,700 Firefighters To Tackle Forest Blaze

Japan Deploys Nearly 1,700 Firefighters To Tackle Forest Blaze (ニュース)
CNA
 
Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday (Mar 3), as some 4,600 residents remain under an evacuation advisory.
One person die...

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Prices Of 2,343 Food And Drink Products Going Up In March

Prices Of 2,343 Food And Drink Products Going Up In March (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
The prices of more than 2,000 food and drink products will rise during March, research firm Teikoku Databank said.
According to a survey of 195 food manufacturers by Teikoku Databank,...

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Bandai Namco Cross Store Opens in New York; Customers Shop for Various Japanese Pop Culture Goods

Bandai Namco Cross Store Opens in New York; Customers Shop for Various Japanese Pop Culture Goods (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. opened a Cross Store, which sells anime goods and other products, in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday.
It is the first Cross Store in North America and one of t...

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